we made it on the plane

"Now can I be angry at them" dad asks

"Nope" I pop with a smirk

Hayley rolls her eyes and shoves me "You're only saying that because you spent the last thirty minutes of the spell flirting with her." she turns to dad "He is right though; angry later. We may as well get some answers while we are here"

"So are we to wander around this dreary purgatory in search of lost souls"

Davina pops up and she looks hotter then I remember

"I wasn't sure you were gonna show up"

"And miss seeing you and all you're hotness" I smirk moving forward "Davina"

dad growls "I hope you intend to make our trip worth the effort"

"As a matter of fact, I do. And you are gonna listen to every single word I have to say, because right now, I'm the only thing standing between you and the Hollow. How is Kol? Can't see anything here except New Orleans"

"I believe he's currently traipsing through the French Rivera, though I'm sure he'll return once I tell him how lovely you remain. Death becomes you"

my eyes flitter to him "Did you just quote Twilight?"

"Stop talking" Hayley groans "Both of you"

"Gladly... once she tells us something that could be of help, because, as I recall, when Freya kicked her into this drab shadowland, her brethren wanted to tear her apart." dad says

"You want to defeat the Hollow. So do I. So do the Ancestors. But first you need to know what you're up against. It begins a thousand years before the city was founded. Two rival tribes decided to combine their power. They thought that by uniting in peace, they would enter a new age of harmony" Davina says "A marriage was arranged. Two powerful witches joined together to create a unified coven"

"A ceremonial wedding. Like the one Jack and I had to unite our packs" Hayley tells

"Let me guess" dad says "Something went wrong"

"That marriage bore a child" Davina tells

oh, boy "Like most marriages back then"

"For nine months, the tribe elders visited the mother, used magic to grant the child great power in hopes that the newborn would become a symbol of prosperity. But they had no idea that they were bringing into this world. She was named Inadu. Soon it was clear that she was stronger than anyone could imagine. And that she had a terrible hunger for more power still. And that's how the Hollow was born. Reminds me of someone else.....a lot like someone else" she glares at me

"Love you too, Davina" I mutter "And I don't hunger for more power"

"Well, this is all frightening fodder for campfire tales, but how do we kill her?" dad asks

"Like Samael" Davina states "you can't"

"If this thing is so powerful it can't be destroyed, why bring us here? Why tell us all of this?"

"The Ancestors needed you to know"

whispers ring out in my head

"Someone wishes to speak to you" Davina says "Samael, someone special"

an older black women comes into sight

"That is your grandmother, Samael" Davina tells me "She wants to speak with you"

I go to leave

my father catches my shoulder "You can't just leave"

"I've wanted to know about my mother's side forever" I tell him "This is my chance"

"They could be lying" Hayley says

my blue eyes bore into her dark brown eyes "She's my grandmother, I can feel it"

I push dad's arm off and walk over

"Hello, child" she says hugging me "I've wanted to meet you since I was alive"

my eyes don't leave her "You wanted to meet me"

"That's right. I am your grandmother Iris Hellfire"

what? Hellfire?

"The witches who live in dark magic" I gasp "What does that mean"

"You're a rather unique boy, Samael" she tells me "Able to do both light and dark magic without consequences, you're a werewolf, and when you die you'll be the worlds first Tri-brid"

I look down "Why didn't my mom want me?"

"Oh, child" she says as we stop on the path "She was dying. She wanted you very much. She loved you with her whole body. You were her everything. She wanted to come get you....to meet he family. You see a bunch of other witches wanted to kill us and they had the herb to poison us. But you had you're fathers family to hide behind so she made the decision to give you up. She had to do it harshly or--"

"Dad would have found her to give me back" I finish "So she's here...does she want to meet me?"

"We're all here, child" my grandmother tells "You're great-grandparents, my husband, your mother, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins"

"I have siblings?" I ask "Other then Hope of course"

"You're mother had a husband but they split up" she tells me "She had four children with them" she looks up "Looks like they couldn't wait to meet you"

"My siblings?" I gulp "What if they don't like me?"

"If we don't like you, then you can just make us like you wolfy" the younger boy says "I'm Matteo Hellfire and I should be twenty two years old not the same age as you are"

I laugh "Problem with me being a werewolf? And a vampire? And another kind of witch?"

the older girl smile and hugs me "He's just jealous of you. It's been awhile little Sammy. Last time I saw you, you were only a couple days old. I'm Danielle and I'm suppose to be twenty five"

the older guy raps his arm around me "I'm Cameryn, one year older then Dani. Back then I was your favorite sibling"

the last one scoffs "I was his favorite, Ashley, I would be sixteen"

I look around "You're my siblings....where's our mother....she wanted me right"

Cameryn puts me on his shoulders "Come on"

we all go to a house where there is a women

she runs out and picks me off his shoulders hugging me

"My baby" she repeats over and over

"Well, we know who the favorite is" Matteo laughs

"He's the baby" Cameryn says

"We thought the same thing when you two were born" Danielle follows up